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'Only Order What You Need' - NHS Dorset's patient education campaign to reduce waste, £ & environmental impact.

Created on
18 Jun 2024
by
Tracy Lyons-Blake
NHS Dorset ICBs 'Only Order What You Need' (OOWYN) campaign was a system wide programme to increase patient empowerment, and consequently reduce unnecessary primary care medicines prescribing in…
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Reusable CT markers

Created on
18 Jun 2024
by
Rachel Tighe
Hi We currently use Beekley CT SPOT markers for our Radiotherapy planning scans but use reusable orientation markers. Does anyone else use reusable CT markers? Rachel
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Avoidable Medicines Waste in Care Homes

Created on
11 Jun 2024
by
Nuala Hampson
Dear all, We need your help in commenting and voting for our proposed a project idea for theThe Health Foundation-funded Q exchange programmeMedicine Waste in Care Homes: Reducing Social and…
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London Greener NHS Week May 2024

Created on
9 May 2024
by
Minna Eii
The London Greener NHS team will be running a Greener NHS Week, from Monday 13th May 2024 to Friday 17th May 2024. The events are virtual. The Green Week is aimed for healthcare staff to gain an…
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NHS Consultation on Constitution including sustainability

Created on
8 May 2024
by
Jacqueline Gordon
Dear Colleagues, DHSC has published its consultation on the NHS Constitution . The NHS Constitution, last updated in 2015, has to be updated at least every 10 years by the Secretary of State for…
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Plastic waste

Created on
23 Apr 2024
by
Sara Martin
Working in theatre we use alot of plastic, especially on the scrub side. I was wondering has any other hospital worked out a safe and environmentally friendly was to recycle these plastics or another…
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1 week until the next Sustainable Respiratory Care 'sharing hour' - How can a visual guide support high quality and low carbon asthma reviews?

Created on
23 Apr 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
This time next week, the Sustainable Respiratory Care team willbe discussing what we can focus on during asthma reviews with our patients. What will help them understand their condition…
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QI ideas wanted! Clinical Net Zero Platform for Primary Care

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16 Apr 2024
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Nuala Hampson
Greener Practice have secured funding to develop a clinically focused net zero platform to help busy primary care clinicians make changes which are better for patients and the planet! This project…
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Reducing The Environmental Impact Of Head And Neck Radiotherapy Treatment  

Created on
10 Apr 2024
by
Louise Davey-Hewins
Hi all, We are working on a project to reduce the environmental impact of the Head and neck radiotherapy pathway at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre and have created a Patient experience survey to gather…
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CASCADES Publishes Sustainable Occupational Therapy Playbook

Created on
25 Mar 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis) have published the Sustainable Occupational Therapy playbook, which is available here. This playbook provides background…